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Saturday

The introduction of the women's peace petition, which began in 1923 in Wales. WCIA hide caption

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A forgotten peace petition started after WWI has resurfaced and is inspiring hope

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Biofire founder Kai Kloepfer says his goal in creating this 9mm smart gun is to "have an incremental positive impact on sort of the uniquely American challenge of gun deaths." Biofire hide caption

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The first smart gun with facial and fingerprint recognition is now for sale

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Noah Reich, left, and David Maldonado, the Los Angeles co-founders of Classroom of Compassion, put up a memorial Nov. 22, 2022, with photographs of the five victims of a weekend mass shooting at a nearby gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption

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Friday

South Carolina Republican Sen. Sandy Senn speaks against a near-total abortion ban on Wednesday. James Pollard/AP hide caption

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This Republican S.C. lawmaker helped block a 'crazily oppressive' abortion bill

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Comic Roy Wood Jr. taps into America's psyche on 'The Daily Show'

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Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., participates in a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on March 29. On Thursday, he announced a preliminary diagnosis that his cancer is in remission after treatments. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption

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Demonstrators gather outside the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh, N.C., with a "FLUSH GERRYMANDER" inflatable on the day the state's highest court held a rehearing for the redistricting case known nationally as Moore v. Harper. Bob Karp/ZUMA Press/Alamy hide caption

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Opponents of LB626, which would have banned abortions in Nebraska after about six weeks, celebrate Thursday in the rotunda at the Nebraska State Capital in Lincoln, Neb., after the bill fails to get the votes necessary to invoke cloture. Larry Robinson/Lincoln Journal Star via AP hide caption

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President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy walk outside the U.S. Capitol at a Saint Patrick's Day event in March. The two haven't discussed the debt ceiling since February. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Republicans hope McCarthy's bill gives him leverage in debt ceiling standoff

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Comedian Roy Wood Jr. is the latest Daily Show correspondent to host the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, D.C. Aude Guerrucci/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Roy Wood Jr. wants laughs from White House Correspondents' speech — and reparations

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The majority of teens say they use social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube at least once a day, according to a recent survey. Some say they use the sites constantly and that quitting social media altogether would be difficult. AP hide caption

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell arrives for the plenary of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting, during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, Friday, April 14, 2023. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption

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Thursday